The Game of Thrones cast has now read the show's final ever script, and it sounds like it was a pretty damn emotional affair.

While we will all have to wait until 2019 to find out who ends up on the Iron Throne and how the story ends, the cast already knows everything.

Despite keeping understandably quiet about what happens, star Sophie Turner (Sansa Stark) recalled that during the final read-through for the final season, the cast "burst into tears".

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"It was very, very bittersweet," the actress told The Hollywood Reporter. "The first day of the actors coming in and that kind of production starting, the day where we had the final read through for the final script... it was really bittersweet. It was hard.

"At the end of the very last script, they read aloud, 'End of Game of Thrones.' As soon as they read that out, pretty much everyone burst into tears.

"There was a standing ovation for [showrunners David Benioff and Dan Weiss]. We were all clapping and cheering. It was amazing."

Turner also suggested that all the characters that had died could return for the wrap party – though we imagine they'd need to book a pretty big venue.

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The star further explained: "We actually realised, reading that 'end of Game of Thrones line', that that was it. When you're in it, you don't really see an end point. It's just an ongoing thing you're living with.

"It was a real shock. It was really sad, but there was an immense amount of pride, too. We realised we had done it. We had created this amazing thing, and that's it now. It was just a feeling of pride.

"I was proud of David and Dan, and I was looking around at all of the other cast members around the table, nodding at them, and saying: 'Well done. We've done it.' It was the craziest feeling. It's the biggest project we'll ever do."

She added: "We've put our hearts and souls into it. Saying goodbye to it means putting parts of our hearts and souls behind. But we also know we've given it everything that we've got."

Game of Thrones will return to HBO for its eighth and final season in 2019.

From: Digital Spy
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